In my post last week trying to get everyone caught up on beer news on the prairies, I missed a couple of updates – as usual. So, in a brief update just to get everything covered, here is what I… Continue Reading →
The new releases and other news have not stopped rolling with the coming of summer. Most of the prairie brewers have been trying to offer up something new and interesting for the summer quaffing season. So without further ado, and… Continue Reading →
My latest Vue Weekly column (which you will find here) reprises my visit with Big Rock CEO Bob Sartor and Brewmaster Paul Gautreau (which I posted about here). The article examines the ways in which Alberta’s oldest craft brewery is… Continue Reading →
I am starting to think the traditional spring/summer/winter/fall seasonal release cycle is being obliterated, replaced instead by a constant barrage of new stuff. Take last week and this week alone. On the prairies, TEN different breweries are launching a new… Continue Reading →
Only two breweries involved in this edition of the news round-up, but they both make up for it in sheer volume of announcements. Alley Kat last week released a hybrid Big Bottle/Dragon Series beer. Bearded Dragon is an Imperial Red… Continue Reading →
So, I think I admitted earlier I spent much of last week in Calgary. While I was there for non-beer reasons, I found some time to do a bit of beer-related work. As a result there will be a few… Continue Reading →
My goodness the last few days have been busy. A large number of new beer news has come across my desk, some official, some through back channels. Either way, as expected early March has been marked by new beer releases… Continue Reading →
Buried in the mountains of paper of the federal budget the other day were two small announcements that will positively affect craft beer fans. First, the government announced that it would remove restrictions on inter-provincial transportation of beer and liquor…. Continue Reading →
Brewing equipments dominates the prairie beer news this week, plus one new beer and a beer I neglected to mention a couple of weeks ago. I know news of fermenters and brewhouses is hardly scintillating stuff, but it is a… Continue Reading →
Quicker than I expected, there is enough news to justify the first round-up for 2014. I had been thinking January would be pretty quiet on the beer front, but, lo and behold, the breweries keep doing new things. Damn them!… Continue Reading →